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POSTED ON AUGUST 27, 2017 BY ALTON TELEGRAPH
Marquette’s Treven Swingler (6) celebrates after scoring his second touchdown in Friday night’s 21-7 victory over Civic Memorial at Public School Stadium.
ALTON — Marquette Catholic High football coach Darrell Angleton has an idea. He’d like to see a confere...

Former Marquette Catholic star Craig Hentrich, who went on to play college football at Notre Dame before a long career as a punter in the NFL, addresses the crowd during a ceremony retiring his jersey No. 15 on Saturday nightat Public School Stadium in Alton. At right is Marquette principal Mike Slaughter.
ALTON — Craig Hentrich stood ...

PREP YEAR IN REVIEW: Small-Schools Girls Soccer Player of the Year Annabelle Copeland of Marquette
Junior leads Marquette’s surge to state
By Pete Hayes, The Telegraph
Marquette Catholic junior Annabelle Copeland helped lead the Explorers to the Class 1A State Finals and is the 2016 Telegraph Small-Schools Girls Soccer Player of the Ye...

PREP YEAR IN REVIEW: Small-Schools Girls Soccer Coach of the Year Steve Mitchell of Marquette
By Pete Hayes, The Telegraph
Marquette coach Steve Mitchell’s team survived three straight postseason overtime shootouts, advanced to the Class 1A state finals and brought home the third-place trophy.
ALTON – That Marquette’s Ste...

PREP YEAR IN REVIEW: Small-Schools Boys Basketball Coach of the Year Steve Medford of Marquette Catholic
By Greg Shashack, The Telegraph
Marquette Catholic coach Steve Medford is the 2016 Telegraph Small-Schools Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. The Explorers’ all-time winningest coach led Marquette to a 21-10 record and a Class 2A reg...

PREP YEAR IN REVIEW: Small-Schools Boys Basketball Player of the Year Shandon Boone of Marquette Catholic
By Greg Shashack, The Telegraph
Marquette Catholic senior Shandon Boone is the 2016 Telegraph Small-Schools Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Boone repeats as player of the year and ends his two-year career with the Explorers as a 1,000...

Aguirre-to-Simmons one more time in All-Star grid game
By Pete Hayes - The Telegraph
Former Marquette Catholic High standout Trey Aguirre hit Marquette teammate Jesse Simmons with a 19-yard touchdown Saturday for the South All-Stars’ only points in a 39-6 loss to the North in the annual West Central Illinois All-Star Football Game at Sp...

ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE: Marquette’s Boone nets 33, named MVP at IBCA All-Star Game
By Pete Hayes - The Telegraph
Marquette’s Shandon Boone scored 33 points and was named the South team’s Most Valuable Player at Saturday night’s IBCA Class 1A/2A All-Star Game in Pontiac. Billy Hurst File Photo | For The Telegraph
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Not-so-silent spring for area prep teams
Pete Hayes - Sports Editor, The Telegraph
Marquette's Lauren Fischer, middle, hoists Adriana Schindler, left, in her arms as teammates celebrate after Fischer stopped the final penalty kick against Gibault during Wednesday's Sectional semi-final game played at McKendree College. Marquette won the game 1-...

CLASS 1A SOCCER SECTIONAL: Marquette wins penalty-kick thriller from Gibault
by Pete Hayes, The Telegraph
LEBANON — Lauren Fischer had a good idea here Wednesday night. She got it from her coach.
Fischer, the Marquette Catholic High goalie, made a save on a penalty shot by Waterloo Gibault’s Carley Olson on the final round of pen...

A NAIL-BITER OF A FINAL: Walsh’s late goal lifts Marquette over Shells in regional title game
By Pete Hayes, The Telegraph
ALTON — Around the midway point of the second half of Marquette’s Class 1A regional championship game against Roxana, Explorers coach Steve Mitchell was fit to be tied – mainly because the ga...

By Pete Hayes
The seeds are in and several area teams came away with top three slots in their respective IHSA Class 1A girls sub-sectional rankings.
Marquette Catholic received the top nod in Sub-Sectional A of the Belleville Althoff Sectional Tournament. The Explorers, who captured the 2011 1A state championship, were second in 2009 and finish...

Restoring Riverview: Students work to beautify park
by Linda N. Weller
ALTON — Wednesday was Day 3 of Marquette Catholic High School seniors’ week of community service, with an energetic crew rolling bright white paint on the bandstand-gazebo at Riverview Park.
“We are painting the perimeter of the gazebo and ...